NEWS TIPS newsroom@tbw.com.au African crime grabs South East attention AN INTERNATIONAL wakeup call making waves on social media after the recent abduction of almost 300 schoolgirls in Africa has reached the South East. Soroptimist International Mount Gambier president Barbara Bushell encouraged all residents to get involved by participating to keep a global focus on the April incident at the Chibok secondary school in Northern Nigeria. The teenagers were abducted from their dormitories, with their school left to burn. A small number of students escaped, encountering more violence as they attempted to make it to safety, while hundreds continued to remain missing yesterday. The anti-Western militant group Boko Haram has threatened to sell the remaining girls into slavery. Ms Bushell said her heart was with the girls and their families. She has thrown her support behind Soroptimists in Nigeria, who are speaking out about the atrocity, joining marches and keeping pressure on their government to take stronger action. “We stand in solidarity with them, within Australia we enjoy freedom and everyone is supported by laws against discrimination,” she said. “This freedom affords us the right to voice our condemnation and show our support.” Fears are growing that the crime will lead to a downturn in the number of teenage girls receiving education in northern Nigeria. Soroptimist International is committed to helping women and girls achieve their potential, realise aspirations and have an equal voice in creating strong, peaceful communities worldwide. “As Soroptimists, we know that modern day slavery is BRING BACK OUR GIRLS: President of Soroptimist International Mount Gambier Barbara Bushell is raising awareness of the abduction of almost 300 school girls in Northern Nigeria. not confined to one country or continent,” Ms Bushell said. “Ten million girls are forced or coerced into marriage each year, girls in many countries face great risks or barriers to attending school and 65 mil- NEWS 3 Union calls for decision imber industry seeks clarity IPS newsroom@tbw.com.au African crime grabs South East attention AN INTERNATIONAL wake- up call making waves on social media after the recent abduc- tion of almost 300 schoolgirls in Africa has reached the South East. Soroptimist International Mount Gambier president Barbara Bushell encouraged all residents to get involved by participating to keep a global focus on the April incident at the Chibok secondary school in Northern Nigeria. The teenagers were abducted from their dormitories, with their school left to burn. A small number of students escaped, encountering more violence as they attempted to make it to safety, while hundreds continued to remain missing yesterday. The anti-Western militant group Boko Haram has threat- ened to sell the remaining girls into slavery. Ms Bushell said her heart was with the girls and their families. She has thrown her support behind Soroptimists in Nigeria, who are speaking out about the atrocity, joining marches and keeping pressure on their government to take stronger action. “We stand in solidarity with them, within Australia we enjoy freedom and everyone is supported by laws against discrimination,” she said. “This freedom affords us the right to voice our condemna- tion and show our support.” Fears are growing that the crime will lead to a downturn in the number of teenage girls receiving education in northern Nigeria. Soroptimist International is committed to helping women and girls achieve their poten- tial, realise aspirations and have an equal voice in creating strong, peaceful communities worldwide. “As Soroptimists, we know that modern day slavery is BRING BACK OUR GIRLS: President of Soroptimist International Mount Gambier Barbara Bushell is raising awareness of the abduction of almost 300 school girls in Northern Nigeria. not confined to one country or continent,” Ms Bushell said. “Ten million girls are forced or coerced into marriage each year, girls in many countries face great risks or barriers to attending school and 65 mil- NEWS 3 Union calls for decision imber industry seeks clarity ORELLO ORELLO IPS newsroom@tbw.com.au African crime grabs South East attention AN INTERNATIONAL wake- up call making waves on social media after the recent abduc- tion of almost 300 schoolgirls in Africa has reached the South East. Soroptimist International Mount Gambier president Barbara Bushell encouraged all residents to get involved by participating to keep a global focus on the April incident at the Chibok secondary school in Northern Nigeria. The teenagers were abducted from their dormitories, with their school left to burn. A small number of students escaped, encountering more violence as they attempted to make it to safety, while hundreds continued to remain missing yesterday. The anti-Western militant group Boko Haram has threat- ened to sell the remaining girls into slavery. Ms Bushell said her heart was with the girls and their families. She has thrown her support behind Soroptimists in Nigeria, who are speaking out about the atrocity, joining marches and keeping pressure on their government to take stronger action. “We stand in solidarity with them, within Australia we enjoy freedom and everyone is supported by laws against discrimination,” she said. “This freedom affords us the right to voice our condemna- tion and show our support.” Fears are growing that the crime will lead to a downturn in the number of teenage girls receiving education in northern Nigeria. Soroptimist International is committed to helping women and girls achieve their poten- tial, realise aspirations and have an equal voice in creating strong, peaceful communities worldwide. “As Soroptimists, we know that modern day slavery is BRING BACK OUR GIRLS: President of Soroptimist International Mount Gambier Barbara Bushell is raising awareness of the abduction of almost 300 school girls in Northern Nigeria. not confined to one country or continent,” Ms Bushell said. “Ten million girls are forced or coerced into marriage each year, girls in many countries face great risks or barriers to attending school and 65 mil- NEWS 3 Union calls for decision imber industry seeks clarity ORELLO SANDRA SANDRA sandra@tbw.com.au TIMBER industry union boss Brad Coates hopes the State Government cement over the 95 jobs facing the axe at ForestrySA as TIPS newsroom@tbw.com.au African crime grabs South East attention AN INTERNATIONAL wake- up call making waves on social media after the recent abduc- tion of almost 300 schoolgirls in Africa has reached the South East. Soroptimist International Mount Gambier president Barbara Bushell encouraged all residents to get involved by participating to keep a global focus on the April incident at the Chibok secondary school in Northern Nigeria. The teenagers were abducted from their dormitories, with their school left to burn. A small number of students escaped, encountering more violence as they attempted to make it to safety, while hundreds continued to remain missing yesterday. The anti-Western militant group Boko Haram has threat- ened to sell the remaining girls into slavery. Ms Bushell said her heart was with the girls and their families. She has thrown her support behind Soroptimists in Nigeria, who are speaking out about the atrocity, joining marches and keeping pressure on their government to take stronger action. “We stand in solidarity with them, within Australia we enjoy freedom and everyone is supported by laws against discrimination,” she said. “This freedom affords us the right to voice our condemna- tion and show our support.” Fears are growing that the crime will lead to a downturn in the number of teenage girls receiving education in northern Nigeria. Soroptimist International is committed to helping women and girls achieve their poten- tial, realise aspirations and have an equal voice in creating strong, peaceful communities worldwide. “As Soroptimists, we know that modern day slavery is BRING BACK OUR GIRLS: President of Soroptimist International Mount Gambier Barbara Bushell is raising awareness of the abduction of almost 300 school girls in Northern Nigeria. not confined to one country or continent,” Ms Bushell said. “Ten million girls are forced or coerced into marriage each year, girls in many countries face great risks or barriers to attending school and 65 mil- NEWS 3 Union calls for decision imber industry seeks clarity ORELLO SANDRA sandra@tbw.com.au TIMBER industry union boss Brad Coates hopes the State Government cement over the 95 jobs facing the axe at ForestrySA as This This follows ForestrySA asking the government to give the green light to the mass redundancies over the next two years. Mr Coates - who met with Forestry Minister Leon Bignell and ForestrySA executives last week - said a decision needed to be made given the uncertainty facing workers. He said the union planned to hold meetings with ForestrySA staff in key locations later this week, including Mount Gambier. Mr Coates said the forestry union was one of three unions to hold talks with the governments over the redundancy plan. “I get the feeling an announcement (by the government) could hopefully be made this week,” he said. Mr Coates said he urged the government to make a decision before July given the threat of redundancies hanging over the heads of workers. He said Mr Bignell foreshadowed a round of talks in July. Picture: ANELIA BLACKIE lion girls worldwide are not at school. “We need to wake the world up to the scale of this problem and ensure that our governments, media and the public at large do not forget it.” “But that is too late, there needs to be a decision before the end of June,” the union leader said. Although ForestrySA had refused to provide the redundancy proposal in document form to the union, he said a proposal had been presented to the government. Regarding the talks, he said nothing new came out of the discussion. But Mr Coates said the union had pressed strongly that the workers UNCERTAINTY: Forestry union leader Brad Coates. IN TALKS: Forestry Minister Leon Bignell. redundancy entitlements must be maintained. “We have called for 116 weeks, plus 20 weeks,” said Mr Coates, who explained public servant redundancies were set to halve after July 1. 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